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Federer GOAT!
“Nobody will ever play tennis like that ever, impossible. It’s just perfection. The movement, the timing, everything is perfect and that’s incredible.”
Acclaimed author David Foster Wallace, in his 2006 New York Times essay “
Roger Federer as a Religious Experience,” described the Federer forehand as a “great liquid whip.” The genius of Federer’s game, Wallace explained, was lost on television.
Federer was a young man when the essay was written, but already, at 25, was being talked of as the greatest there had ever been, and not just by Wallace.
There were good players on the tour, of course, but no one who could consistently live with Federer’s shot-making and on-court intelligence. He was that good.
Six years prior to the publication of Wallace’s essay, no one thought Pete Sampras’ record of 14 grand slam titles would be broken – then came Federer, later to be joined by Nadal and Djokovic to form the “Big Three.”
Now, of course, there are those who will argue that Nadal has proven to be the greatest of all time, or that Djokovic is a better all-rounder. Perhaps, perhaps.
The balance of power may have shifted, but what cannot be denied is that neither Nadal or Djokovic are as aesthetically pleasing as the Swiss.
Watching Federer play in 3D is – and there is still just about time to talk about his style in the present tense – to be mesmerized. It was, sorry, is special, an
I-was-there moment that can be told, and retold, to the grandchildren or anyone who will listen. No one has made playing sport at the highest level seem so effortless.
The annals of sport history will put Federer alongside the likes of Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods and, of course, Serena Williams. Gamechangers all who transcended their sports, who will be talked about for years after retirement, inspiring one generation after another.
Tennis is entering a new future. Federer will soon be retired, Nadal, at 36, is unlikely to play to the same age as his friend and rival, such has been his history with injuries, and Djokovic is 35, still able to accumulate more major titles but aging none the less.
We knew, one day, it would happen. But, as we know, it takes time to adjust to change.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/17/tennis/roger-federer-retirement-legacy-spt-intl/index.html